Still Image

Two Children Posing

1905 / Postal Card Company

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A postcard featuring an illustration of two black children, a boy and a girl, wearing white clothing. They are posed as if dancing, and the girl is holding a fan. A handwritten note on the front reads "Am sending in the same mail your glasses. Yesterday was the worst day of all, hope you escaped it. But today is simply perfect. We miss you all very much indeed. Aunt Nellie did not come today. This card is apropos of nothing but I thought it a cute card. Shall be anxious to hear how you improve with your [illegible] and 'sand bakes.' All send love to all. July 20, 1905 [illegible initials]." The postcard is addressed to Mr. H.C. Barnabee, Innisfail, Vineyard Haven, Mass.

~ Postal Card Company, “Two Children Posing,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3781.

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Title

Two Children Posing

Description

A postcard featuring an illustration of two black children, a boy and a girl, wearing white clothing. They are posed as if dancing, and the girl is holding a fan. A handwritten note on the front reads "Am sending in the same mail your glasses. Yesterday was the worst day of all, hope you escaped it. But today is simply perfect. We miss you all very much indeed. Aunt Nellie did not come today. This card is apropos of nothing but I thought it a cute card. Shall be anxious to hear how you improve with your [illegible] and 'sand bakes.' All send love to all. July 20, 1905 [illegible initials]." The postcard is addressed to Mr. H.C. Barnabee, Innisfail, Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Creator

Postal Card Company

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1905

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.070